Reporter: Shawn ForbesProducer: Aziz BalochReport for Balochi TV & Radio Online Vancouver, Canada On August 30th 2014, the Pakistan army began an intense bombardment campaign in the Gomazi, Belicha, Pull Abad and surrounding regions of Tump, Balochistan. In the early morning at least 5 gunship helicopters and 40 troop transports arrived in Tump. Upon their arrival, Occupational State Forces returned the tortured remains of Faizal Baloch; whom had been abducted a year earlier by ISI Agents. From a gunship helicopter above Gomazi; Pakistani soldiers savagely tossed the disfigured body of Faizal Baloch into the streets below. Occupational State Forces then proceeded to indiscriminately bombard the entire town with Fighter Jets, Gunship Helicopters and Heavy Artillery. At least 6 people were killed, 7 wounded, and countless homes destroyed by the shelling. Among those killed in the offensive was Faizal Baloch’s father Salam Baloch, Siddique Baloch, Jumma Baloch, Iqbal Baloch, 10 year old Saifullah Naseem, and 8 year old Zakaria Naseem. According to anonymous eyewitnesses, the 2 children were playing in the garden when a gunship helicopter spotted them and shelled the entire area. During the operation, Pakistani Ground Forces carried out a systematic series of home invasions; looting valuables, torturing residents and burning the houses. Among the homes destroyed was the residence of BRHO representative Bibi Gul. While detained her family members were subjected to acts of torture by Pakistani Soldiers and ordered to cease any nationalist activities or human rights activism under threat of death. A number of residents were abducted by State Agents during the military operation; among them is Waju Baloch, Sajid Baloch, Shabir Baloch & Qadir Baksh Baloch. The mutilated and bullet riddled remains of Qadir Baksh Baloch were found dumped in the Dazin area, the next day. Occupational State Forces sustained their siege of the Tump region for several days when the fearless Baloch Sarmachar confronted the Pakistan Army. Baloch Freedom Fighters ferociously responded to the attacks with numerous precision strikes against Pakistan’s Sinister Army. Paksitan Army Platoons, Reinforcements and Supply Convoys were ambushed throughout the Tump, Awaran, Nasirabad, Turbat and Gwadar areas. According to reports the Baloch Sarmachar killed more than 30 enemy soldiers, damaged 2 gunship helicopters, destroyed several vehicles, and wounded numerous soldiers. On September 12th the Pakistan Army resumed their seige in Tump. State forces indiscriminately rained mortars upon the rural village destroying a number of homes. 17 year old Shahnaz Baloch d/o Karim Bux was killed and several others wounded during the attack, including Shah Murad. Soon after the attack, the Heroic Baloch Freedom Fighters engaged enemy forces. An Occupational State Convoy of military supplies and reinforcements en-route through the nearby Panjgur region was intercepted and annihilated. Baloch Sarmachar destroyed several vehicles during the battle and vanquished at least 13 enemy soldiers. Beaten and Isolated, a desperate column of Occupational State Forces have now resorted to plundering the local shops in desperation. Turbat shop owner Barkat s/o Dad Shah r/o Gwaniki was abducted by State Agents after his shop was raided and looted on September 16th. On September 17th 25 Pakistan Frontier Corps vehicles arrived in the Lanju Seghari area of Dera Bugti. Occupational State Forces indiscriminately shelled the village with mortars and heavy artillery killing an elderly woman and wounding several others including local women & children. Afterwards, FC personnel conducted door to door search operations; looting and burning the rural houses. In the Sui region of Dera Bugti, the rural villages of Gopat & Mohanpat were terrorized by State Forces on September 11th. At least a dozen homes were looted, burned, and the residents subjected to acts of torture by Occupational State Forces. During the State’s sinister loot & burn operations in Sui; one elderly woman was killed, and several elderly men were abducted. Among those abducted was Manga Baloch, whose home was among those burned by State Forces. 7 people were also abducted during similar operations in the Killi Baato area of Nushki on Thursday September 11th. Several of the abductees were identified as Soorat Jamaldeni, Zobat Jamaldeni, Abid Ali Jamaldeni & Gul Nawaz Jamaldeni. Meanwhile, in Quetta Senior journalist Irshad Mastoi, trainee reporter Abdul Rasul and accountant Mohammed Younus were shot and killed on August 31st. According to Quetta Levies, Unidentified Gunmen stormed the Jinnah rd. office building; shooting the reporter and his colleagues several times in the head and chest. Irshad Mastoi was a prominent reporter with the Quetta Based Online International News Network. Journalists in Quetta assembled swiftly in response to the news of Irshad’s assassination. They staged numerous protest rallies, demanding Irshad’s killer be immediately arrested and held accountable. Quetta Police Investigators have yet to identify a suspect in the shooting. The New York Based Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the killings and urge Pakistani authorities to investigated and punish the attackers according to the law. Since 1992 at least 56 Journalists have been killed in Pakistan, most were killed by Pakistan’s ISI or their death squads. Reporters without Borders has ranked Pakistan as #158/180 on their world press freedom index, listing it as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. Journalists in Pakistan routinely face threats from Pakistan’s army, intelligence agents, police, politically employed thugs, criminals, and terrorists. In the lastest wave of violence directed at Baloch Nationalists; Dr. Qambar Qazi was gunned down by target killers in Pidrak on Sunday August 31st. Martyr Qambar Qazi was the son of famous Baloch Nationalist Poet Mubarik Qazi. In other news, the bullet riddled remains of 3 abducted Baloch were found in Nawab Shah City of Sindh province on August 28th. The bodies were shifted to a local morgue and identified as Sabzal Bugti, Sher Dil Bugti s/o Dur Mohammad Bugti, and Sahib Khan Marri. In December of last year Sahib Khan Marri hosted the VBMP Long March demonstrators at his home in Mityari. His family has stated they had received many serious threats recently. Pakistani Forces began conducting raids in New Kahan on September 17th. According to reports Occupational State Forces are raiding homes, looting valuables, and interrogating the residents; including women & children. On September 11th Deen Muhammad was injured by unidentified gunmen in Panjgur. On September 8th 2014 State Security Forces murdered Mastana aka Butto, a disabled man, at a checkpoint near Rakshan. In Sistan, Balochistan, Iranian Forces extra-judicially executed 2 Baloch civilians on September 7th. Baloch advocates and human rights defenders around the world continue to protest the severe human rights abuses in Balochistan. BSO-Azad organized a rally in Karachi on September 1st to protest the gross human rights violations, extra-judicial abductions and state endorsement of radical terrorist death squads in Balochistan. Baloch activists, advocates, and human rights defenders the world over have been engaged in a social media campaign advocating the release of abducted BSO-Azad leader Zahid Baloch. BSO-Azad chairman Zahid Baloch was abducted by Pakistani Intelligence Agents in March of this year after a BSO-Azad meeting in Quetta and held without crime or charge since. A heroic young student and BSO-Azad CC Member Lateef Johar held a hunger strike protest, in May of this year, at the Karachi Press Club in hopes of securing the release of their abducted leader and comrade. Despite enduring 46 days of hunger, dehydration, and exhaustion to the point of near death, Pakistani authorities vehemently denied direct involvement in the enforced disappearance of Zahid Baloch. Zahid’s family has since engaged in sit-ins & protests in Islamabad urging Pakistani authorities to acknowledge the political imprisonment of Zahid Baloch and facilitate his safe release. Activists continue to stage peaceful protests, rallies, and social media campaigns to create international awareness using the hashtag #SaveBSOAzadLeader On September 10th 2014 Family members of recently abducted Nabeel Baloch s/o BNM leader Kachkol Ali, held a protest in front of Karachi Press Club. On August 30th of this year ISI Agents abducted Nabeel Baloch in Karachi. In London, UK, Baloch Republican Party held a demonstration to protest Pakistan’s campaign of severe human rights violations in Balochistan. Islamic Extremist Gang activity has dramatically increased during the past month. Gangs of State Endorsed Radical Jihadists in Balochistan have openly sworn allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his fundamentalist Islamic State. The Terrorist gangs have also declared war on Female Education, Zikri Muslims, Shia Muslims and Baloch Nationalism. Objectives clearly shared by the Occupational State Forces. On August 28th, State Endorsed Radical Jihadist Death Squads attacked a Zigr Khana (Zikri place of worship) in Ziarat Don, Awaran. 8 Zikri people were killed and 6 others injured in the bomb attack. Victims of the attack were identified as Mazar Baloch s/o Saeed Mohmmad, Waja Bakhtyar s/o Manda, Niaz s/o Bangal, Saeed s/o Dil Murad Baloch, Allah Baksh s/o Usman, Dad Jan s/o Mir Dost, Dilpul s/o Ramzan and Haji Ometaan s/o Asaa. Among those injured were Ghulam Mohammad, Noor Jan Baloch, Pir Jan Baloch, Dosho, Mir Dost, and Badal Baloch. Meanwhile in Pidrak, Kech, it was reported terrorist gunmen were stopping vehicles in search of Zikris. 3 of the people identified by the gunmen as Zikris were abducted and their vehicles set ablaze. Another bombing has been reported in Greasha, near Khudzar, injuring a number of Zikri. A gang calling themselves Tanzeem-ul-Jihadi set fire to the Goarbon School in Dasht on September 1st. The Islamic extremist gang recently distributed flyers in the Dasht region near Kech, demanding that schools stop educating girls under threat of violence. On Saturday, August 30th, Islamic extremist gangs also set fire to a private school in Panjgur & threatened to burn down all schools that permit girls education in Balochistan. Since the threats and attacks on schools in the Panjgur region, two teachers have been abducted. School Teacher Mohammad s/o Abdul Wahid was abducted from Gareebabad Chatkan, Panjgur by unidentified gunmen on September 7th. A few days later in Turbat, On September 10th, State Forces snatched School Headmaster Yousuf. During the month of August 38 Baloch were Martyred, more than 15 injured and at least 100 abducted at the hands of the occupational state forces. In the past ten years nearly 20,000 Baloch civilians have been been abducted and at least 1000 have been extra judicially executed. Because of Pakistan’s medieval Pakistan Protection Act laws which legalizes the arbitrary enforced abduction of civilians; State Forces, Intelligence Agencies, and Death Squads are able to engage in gross human rights abuses with complete legal immunity. As a result, Balochistan has become a shadowy killing ground for Pakistan’s army and their violent terrorist gangs. Encouraged by impunity, terrorist gangs such as Lashkar-e-Janghavi, Lashkar-e-Khurasan, Lashkar-e-Islam, Ansar-ul-Islam, Tanzeem-ul-Furqan-ul-Islam, Tanzeem Al-Jihadi, Tahafuz-e-Hudood-ullah, the Taliban, and many others are able to openly terrorize the citizens of Balochistan and impose their primitive fantasies of a medieval lifestyle. On September 16th Nawab Mehran Marri Baloch spoke at the 27th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to highlight the severe human rights abuses, indiscriminate bombardment, enforced disappearances and extra-judicial execution of Baloch civilians. During his speech Mehran Marri Baloch stated that “Pakistan has set about the systematic curbing of baloch rights by violently undermining education for them.” He further stated that the “Pakistani establishment is injecting the cancer of sectarianism and bigotry into the historically secular Baloch society” Exiled Baloch Pro-Independance leader Hayrbyair Marri has cautioned the western world about the growing extremist elements in Balochistan. State sponsored death squads, Taliban militants, and terrorist organizations are operating with complete support from Pakistan’s armed forces and the occupational state government. Commander in-chief of the Baloch Liberation Front Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch has also stated that the Pakistan’s military uses sectarianism to distort the secular Baloch nationalist struggle. Pakistan’s Army uses terrorist gangs and Taliban militants as strategic assets. Dr. Allah Nazar also pointed out that just as Osama Bin Laden was found living in a mansion only a few blocks away from several military facilities in Abbottabad, the Taliban’s chief commander Mullah Omar lives in a luxurious house next door to a high ranking military commander in Quetta. In a recent interview with Wendy Johnson published by CrisisBalochistan.com, Dr. Allah Nazar stated “there are more than four camps allied with ISIS in Balochistan. One is in Makran, one is in Wadh, District Khuzdar. The third is in the Mishk area of Zehri. There are more than 100 armed men there--Arabs, Pashtuns, Punjabis and others. With the help of Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, they are living there. The fourth camp is near Chiltan, the capital of Balochistan, Quetta.” Dr. Nazar futher stated that “Religious fundamentalism is growing and supported by Pakistan’s ISI”